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indirect object
noun
A grammatical role of a ditransitive verb that usually manifests as a recipient or goal.
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The unmarked order is subject + indirect object + direct object + predicate.
Relative clauses of subjects, objects, indirect object, obliques, and argument and adjunct wh-questions.
Questioning the indirect object, adverbs like well, badly, slowly; adjectives like big, good, nice.
Ditransitive verb: A verb that takes two objects -- a direct object and an indirect object.
The parser can identify which part is the subject, the direct object, the indirect object, etc.
These cover definite articles, indefinite articles, subject pronouns, direct object pronouns, indirect object pronouns and prepositional pronouns.
In all, Mohawk has 58 prefixes, one for each possible combination of subject, object and indirect object.
Make it "my spouse and me," the indirect object of "cost".
Some verbs, such as explain and say, never omit the preposition to before the indirect object: John's mother explained the details to her son.
In a sentence with a verb in the active voice, the subject is the agent, the direct object is the patient, and the indirect object is the recipient.
During indirect object manipulation via teleoperation systems or in virtual environments, users often receive limited somatosensory feedback about objects with which they interact.
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